Monday, September 22, 2008

** Dr Brown Bottles POST #2**

OK so you know about the issue with the Dr Brown's Bottles and BPA. BPA is released from the plastic when it exposed to high heat, such as your dishwasher or microwave.
Well, we are trying to wean Heidi off the bottle but it's part of her sleep routine, it's going to be a while. We are down to 2 bottles though, at naptime and nighttime. That said, it looks like we will need bottles for a while longer.
Well after researching more about BPA and it's effects I am ditching Dr. Brown. I had already decided we would not be using them with any other babies because of other issues, i.e., they have too many parts and leak like a sieve. However, this is the ONLY bottle Heidi's ever taken.
So I did a little more research into Dr Brown's Bottles. Only the bottle itself contains BPA, not the parts. Now...... Dr Brown's is now selling glass bottles that will accept their parts, however they are expensive. $13 for TWO glass bottles, ouch!
So I searched some more and came across a mom, who like me, thought there has to be a cheaper method. Well it looks like there is! Gerber makes a bottle called "Gerber First Essentials" . These will accept Dr Brown stem, valve, collar and nipple. However, you must use the short stems from the small 4oz bottles. AND they are MUCH cheaper than buying the glass bottles. I got a 3-pack at Walmart for $3.50! So, your not out much $$ if you want to try it yourself!
I just used it with Heidi's nap and it worked GREAT! No leaks, same flow, ect.
I am posting a pic with the Gerber bottle package on the left and a Gerber bottle fitted with Dr Browns "parts" on the right.
Hope this helps out some of you guys! Go BPA-free!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

** DR Brown Bottles**

I know many of you guys that read this use Dr Brown Bottles, or used them in the past.
We also used them for Heidi. I have been catching articles about them containing BPA for a while.
I dismissed it because they were still selling them everywhere. Well I came across this article in USA today online about them, and Walmart and Toys r US are pulling items containing it, including Dr Brown hard plastic bottles. You can check out the article here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-16-bpa-heart_N.htm?csp=34&loc=interstitialskip

If the link doesn't work you can go to USATODAY.com and seach BPA.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Violet's New Do... HAHAHAHA

So our cat, Violet, had really long hair.
Every time she went outside she would come back with half a bush stuck to her.
Well I finally took her today and got her shaved. The lady doing it warned me she would cut it really short, so Violet might look kind of gray and really skinny......

We did decide to leave her head, feet and tail though.hahaha......
This is was the result.

I couldn't help myself I laughed the whole way back home.
Violet isn't holding it against me though. In fact she doesn't seem to notice.
But WOW is she funny looking.

Friday, September 5, 2008

2008 Beach Slideshow



Here is a slide show of pictures from the beach......